Planning Specialist (Shop Design)

Who you are
We are looking for someone who brings experience in Retail Shop Design and is passionate about creating the future of IKEA! If you get energized by driving business growth and contributing to the overall success and results through collaboration – this might be the perfect opportunity for you!
To be successful in this role, we believe you have:
• minimum 5 years working with home furnishing and retail design solution development
• Experience in Rough layouts and Fine planning, preferably as a leader in your competence area
• Knowledge of the Retail Establishment Process
• Experience in home furnishing the IKEA way (living situations, style groups, store communication, furnishing with light)
• Knowledge how to strengthen the uniqueness of the IKEA identity in range presentation and throughout the layout
• An understanding of the trends that influence home furnishing, retail design, and communication
• Insight into customers' living situations in different areas around the world and customer shopping and buying behavior in a multichannel retail landscape
• Methods for optimization of commercial square meters, and for presenting the range using store media and store layout as commercial tools
• Preferred knowledge of Revit
You need the ability to design retail spaces and solutions using new methods, digital systems, and processes to improve performance. You have a creative mindset with the power to encourage innovative ideas and new value-adding perspectives that will develop our business and challenge common ways of working.
Your responsibilities
As Planning Specialist Shop Design, you are responsible for planning retail spaces and solutions for new Customer Meeting Points (CMPs) and major rebuilds based on our most recent home furnishing and merchandising solutions. You will secure planning of CMPs that present the range in a vital, inspiring way fitting the many’ s needs and enabling access to the whole range in the multichannel retail world of IKEA.
More specifically, you will:
• contribute to designing retail spaces and solutions to become visually attractive and drive sales, based on the customer journeys of the new CMP, based on market input and local needs
• contribute to creating inspiring presentation solutions that reflect a wide variety of styles and price levels and life-at-home activities with seasonal relevance connected to the commercial activities
• provide design solutions that are documented and ready for implementation by market organizations
• support the commercial team by providing information on the planned range and products for all design solutions
• provide information on all merchandise equipment and other support elements for turn-key implementation
• ensure efficient CMPs that present the range in a vital, inspiring way fitting the needs of the many and that enable access to the whole range in the multichannel retail world of IKEA
• create solutions that are adapted to the efficient daily operation of the CMPs
• be at the forefront of new solutions and new technology to optimize customer experience and efficiency of CMPs
• support the market implementation, learn about new projects, and share knowledge
• work across functions within Ingka Group and collaborate with other IKEA units
• drive an open and sharing climate, being a role model of the IKEA values
• be adaptable and a self-starter while working in a fast-paced environment.